Example sentences of "[prep] take a job " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is some evidence , though not very much , of occasions when the plaintiff or husband acted or refrained from acting in a way in which they might not have done but for their expectation of inheriting the deceased 's property : I refer to the occasions when the husband refrained from selling his building land , and refrained from taking a job in Lincolnshire which would have made it impossible for the plaintiff to continue caring for her mother and the deceased , and the occasions when the plaintiff instructed solicitors at her own expense in connection with the boundary dispute … and the expenditure of time and money on the house and garden and on carpeting the house , when the deceased had ample means to pay for such matters . |
| 2 | Speaking at his home at James Street , Falkirk , Graeme explained that before the incident , he had worked for a short spell on a YTS course with ScotRail , before taking a job as a gardener . |
| 3 | But you know , dear boy , the only possible reason for taking a job like this is to get away from school or family . ’ |
| 4 | Picasso was working at night and sleeping during the day , whilst Max earned the rent by taking a job in a department store . |
| 5 | When at last she gained some independence by taking a job which gave her some income of her own , she suddenly put her foot down . |
| 6 | It was hoped that people would not be made worse off by taking a job ( the unemployment trap ) , nor would they lose money when their gross pay rose ( the poverty trap ) , due to the loss of means-tested benefits in each case . |
| 7 | Jean Ritchie , one of the newspaper 's reporters , gathered her evidence by taking a job as domestic assistant at Friern for a week . |
| 8 | It is also the tip of the iceberg in another sense , for this complex of wage levels and tax rates that we have been examining also leads to another obstacle for those on welfare being able to improve themselves by taking a job , even if one is available . |